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Israeli tanks have rolled into Rafah. What does this mean for the Palestinians sheltering there?

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By JULIA FRANKEL, MELANIE LIDMAN and JACK JEFFERY
Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has launched an operation on Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, and seized control of the Gaza side of the key Rafah border crossing with Egypt. The operation that began Tuesday followed a dramatic 24 hours in which hopes for a long-awaited cease-fire between Israel and Hamas rose and then fell, though negotiators were still talking. The Israeli incursion appeared to fall short of a full-fledged offensive into Rafah, but Israel encouraged 100,000 Palestinians in an eastern part of the city to evacuate to Muwasi, a strip of land whose current inhabitants say is little more than a makeshift tent camp with squalid conditions.

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